Ghost Town Caches Needed

[+LadeBear68]

I am looking to travel to the southwest next year for vacation but not sure where. I would like to visit some ghosttowns with caches. Anyone have any ideas? If this is a repeat, sorry.

[+Green Achers]

Columbia is a great Gold Rush town and has a few caches to hunt in the Central Valley. We have 4 natural caves near by that you can go spalunking in or just take the walking tour down. I believe each have several caches at or near them.

 

Far to the south is Calico Goast Town.

 

This will give you something to work with. I'm sure others will have more as well. Have a great trip.

 

Bill of Green Achers

 

"I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." - Winston Churchill

[+HappyFrog (& gang)]

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Originally posted by Green Achers:

Far to the south is http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2b4408bc-6768-408e-ba60-7a09725bb5ab.

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There is really three caches near and outside of Calico Ghost Town. Calico is has the buildings the way they were, camping and they have shows on the weekends. You have to pay to go in.

 

HappyFrog

[+bthomas]

Bodie has one (and a virt). Aurora and Masonic have caches, too.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a0ec5ee4-ea4f-4aab-8d24-3c6a59c1d9b9

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d52d7e03-c4ea-434e-9e9c-8a1fe2080d82

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e94e1576-f8d4-4bea-b554-5f59266fbe45

[+forman]

Here is one called Ghost Town, Kinda cool place,

it is in marin or Sonoma county on the coast.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2a7dd7bd-7de8-45ff-bc74-c3a0aff4a5e5

 

Don

[Team Kender]

Another one for if you wind up north of SF is this one. It is a 4 hour adventure minimum though. No way to get to it outside of walking the abandoned rail road tracks or by boat.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=27380

 

 

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[+RocketMan]

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Originally posted by bthomas:

Bodie has one (and a virt). Aurora and Masonic have caches, too.

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Bodie is a State Park and is an interesting place to visit, but the Chemung Mine near Masonic is a must do if you are in the area. We went there and it was one of the best cache locations that I have been to. You will have the whole place to yourself. Here are a couple of pictures from our trip:

 

 

Rocket Man

[+FullOn]

Thanks RocketMan. I'm glad that folks have been enjoying the cache at the Chemung Mine. It really is a spectacular place that I think really gives you a good feel for what it was like back then.

 

I had been spying it on the map for years and was not disapointed when I was finally able to make the trip up there. Hopefully next year I'll have a chance to travel to the backside and place a cache near the remnants of the tramway that carried the ore from the mine into Masonic itself.

 

Dunderburg is on my list too!

 

"The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either." - Benjamin Franklin

[+The Dillon Gang]

been to calico and really enjoy it. camping and watching the shows. 395 has quite a few ghost towns along the way that probably need a cache. here is a link to a list of many towns in california:

 

http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ca/ca.html

 

beware however that it has really annoying music.

 

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